THE most expensive bass.

it would be a custom, there is no limit for the price... well, there is but really high

 

my guess would be a Fodera or Warrior

 

mmm, a tricked out alembic custom could hit the high 10,000's

 

My guess would be a tricked out Alembic hewn from a solid block of gold with a plastic butter knife and was sent back in time to be thrown up on by Jimi Hendrix right before he died.

 

A custom one-off by an independent luthier could easily exceed the price of any Fodera or Warrior. Sky's the limit. Imagine an eleven string bass comprised of super-rare woods, complex electronic schemes, and real honest to goodness diamond neck marker inlays . . . solid 24 karat gold hardware . . .

 

IIRC the most expensive instrument ever is an upright bass? I think it is more expensive than Strativarius (sp?) violins - for some reason I recall it was actually a Strativarius bass - but that may be wrong. I'm sure one of the DB guys could chime in.

As far as electric bass guitars go - there was a Warrior that was $20,000 (as were some limited edition SSDs?) - Im pretty sure some of those featured custom Alembics were over $20k as well.

 

yeah, a pre ww2 german double bass in perfect condition would fetch a nice price I am sure Keep in mind I do not know much of double basses, but this is just my thought.

 

bassurgery?

 

I've seen one list @ $27,000. Their Sterling 25th Anniversary models list at $25,000. The inlay is Sterling silver. 25 were made. Hmmmm....25 basses were made for the 25th anniversary, listing at $25,000 each.



Peace,

James

Details for those who care

 

Is that US dollars or AUS dollars or what???
And that is one mighty fine bass
i think im ib love

Rock out,
Chips

 

The most expensive bass I've ever seen was a vintage Gibson EB-3 that was owned by Jack Bruce of Cream. It was selling for upwards of $60,000 on ebay. I don't know if that counts.

 

I've seen some new warriors around the 40-50k mark I believe.

 

Zemaitis basses are pretty danged expensive.

 

Many of John Entwistle's basses that were auctioned right after he died went upwards of $250k I believe.

 

Yeah. I think somewhere I found a warrior that was going for 100K.

 

www.lemurmusic.com

there's an upright on there for $60,000

 

yeah, uprights get waaaaaay up there...

i remember reading a quote of a famous uprighter saying that if he didnt buy his bass he could have bought TWO ferarris!